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Joël Heymbeeck

2×2 · top 44.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2005 · 2005HEYM01

Joël Heymbeeck has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.41, set at Belgian Open 2007, puts him in the top 44.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 399th in Belgium. Across 5 competitions since October 2005, he has put 83 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.38 in October 2005 to 23.65, a 25% improvement. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 44.3% of 186,767 all-time
5.41
signature single · Belgian Open 2007
83
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBelgium
2×25.419.57
top 44.3%399 / 777
3×323.6525.66
top 49.5%573 / 1,094
Square-134.0846.05
top 56.9%76 / 150
3×3 one-handed43.0350.30
top 69.4%211 / 314
4×41:46.612:16.32
top 74.8%339 / 459
Pyraminx17.5827.65
top 89.0%543 / 589
5×54:10.62
early days — 3 solves230 / 246

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Dutch Open 2005: 31.38Belgian Open 2006: 28.90European Rubik's Cube Championship 2006: 27.42Dutch Open 2006: 23.65Belgian Open 2007: 27.1023.6531.3816 Oct 200524 Feb 2007

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.